Ducks, Geese & Swans in Panama
Our list for Panama has 5 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 winter visitor, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceRare45–53 cm
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraScarceRare36–43 cm
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cinnamon Teal 36–43 cm
- Northern Shoveler 44–51 cm
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck 45–53 cm
- Mallard 50–65 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made